RS5 may be coming to the US after all ....
Mar 31, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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RS5 may be coming to the US after all ....
Audi RS5 Confirmed for U.S?
Posted Yesterday 08:42 PM by Evan McCausland
Quattro-lovers, rejoice: it seems Audi's awesome RS5 may be headed stateside after all.
We loved Audi's RS5 the first time we laid eyes upon it at the Geneva motor show -- and how could we not? The engineers in Ingolstadt managed to pack the already shapely coupe with an even more potent form of the S5's 4.2-liter V-8, which throws down 450 horsepower at a screaming 8250 rpm. Couple that with Audi's legendary all-wheel-drive system, plus its new torque-vectoring rear-differential, and...well, how could we not be tempted?
Fortunately, it appears the RS5 may not be forbidden fruit to North America. We've heard the muscle-bound two-door is increasingly likely to arrive in the U.S, making it one of the first RS-cars to be shipped stateside since the departure of the slow-selling RS4 Cabriolet in 2008.
Timing (along with pricing) is still up in the air, but seeing as the RS5 will reach European markets by October, expect a U.S.-version to arrive by the summer of 2011.
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Posted Yesterday 08:42 PM by Evan McCausland
Quattro-lovers, rejoice: it seems Audi's awesome RS5 may be headed stateside after all.
We loved Audi's RS5 the first time we laid eyes upon it at the Geneva motor show -- and how could we not? The engineers in Ingolstadt managed to pack the already shapely coupe with an even more potent form of the S5's 4.2-liter V-8, which throws down 450 horsepower at a screaming 8250 rpm. Couple that with Audi's legendary all-wheel-drive system, plus its new torque-vectoring rear-differential, and...well, how could we not be tempted?
Fortunately, it appears the RS5 may not be forbidden fruit to North America. We've heard the muscle-bound two-door is increasingly likely to arrive in the U.S, making it one of the first RS-cars to be shipped stateside since the departure of the slow-selling RS4 Cabriolet in 2008.
Timing (along with pricing) is still up in the air, but seeing as the RS5 will reach European markets by October, expect a U.S.-version to arrive by the summer of 2011.
read more here
